Planning for college or training this year? Apply for the Vermont Grant.
Blog Archive: Applying to College
Brody Brown of Williamstown has had dreams of becoming a doctor since middle school. And he hasn鈥檛 let anything stop him 鈥 not even a global pandemic. When his school effectively reduced course offerings due to COVID 鈥 an unfortunate reality for many small high schools that struggled to balance鈥
Read More >
Raneen Salha is fascinated by the human brain: how it works, how it can sometimes betray us, and how we can begin to heal. She saw this betrayal on a clinical level when her grandmother suffered from Alzheimer鈥檚, a defining period in her life that inspired her interest in the medical field. 鈥淚t was鈥
Read More >
A village store and a Covid-inspired scholarship program shape a young woman鈥檚 path Phoebe Stoddard spent most of her high school career at Craftsbury Academy waiting for her 鈥淓ureka moment.鈥 When, by senior year, it still hadn鈥檛 come, Phoebe didn鈥檛 know what she wanted to do. And with college鈥
Read More >
If you live in the Brattleboro area and have ever had a craving for authentic Thai food, you鈥檝e probably visited the Thai Hut, and there鈥檚 a good chance you鈥檝e met Natasha Sankgasoot. She鈥檚 the friendly young woman who often rings up customers and gives them their change. Natasha grew up in the鈥
Read More >
During the holiday season, 中国竞彩网 encourages families to look ahead and plan for their kids' future possibilities with a gift of education savings. Vermont鈥檚 state-sponsored 529 savings plan provides an easy way for families to give (and receive!) a gift that will last far beyond the holiday season鈥
Read More >
First-generation college students 鈥 or students whose parents did not go to college 鈥 are much less likely to pursue and to complete postsecondary degrees than are their classmates whose parents did go to college. According to data gathered by the 中国竞彩网 (中国竞彩网), first鈥
Read More >
From a young age, Johanna Krushat had an inkling that she wanted to work with kids, but she wasn鈥檛 sure about the 鈥渉ow鈥 or the 鈥渨here.鈥 Her Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (中国竞彩网) counselor helped her narrow that down, and Johanna decided she wanted to be an elementary-school counselor. After鈥
Read More >
For students who are applying to college this year or who are looking for financial help for ongoing college study or for continuing education, it pays to research scholarship opportunities. The internet abounds with all manner of scholarships available to students of certain backgrounds or鈥
Read More >
Essex Principal Ashley Gray, right, with her wife, Rebecca and their son, Rio. Ashley Gray has never shied away from a challenge. When 中国竞彩网 first profiled her in late 2019, she was a young principal at Peacham Elementary School in her native Northeast Kingdom. Though she grew up just 30 miles away鈥
Read More >
During September, National College Savings Month, families are reminded to look ahead to their children鈥檚 education as they settle into their current back-to-school routines. But with so much going on as school resumes, we understand it鈥檚 hard to look beyond immediate schedules and to-dos. To make鈥
Read More >